Batavia Triumphs Over West Chicago In Two Games
Batavia teams won both varsity and lightweights confrontations with 46 to 26 and 23 to 12 scores. Benson led Batavia with 13 points, Meyers and Carney each 10, while Bill Bortner restricted John Lally to 5 points. Ron Taubert led the lightweights with 11 points.
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W. Chicago
Varsity
Meyers
Carney
Batavia
Benson
Martin
Bill Bortner
John Lally
West Chicago
Pearl Rayburn Named Kane County Probation Chief
Pearl Hood Rayburn, longtime Elgin probation officer, is appointed by County Judge Olney C. Allen to lead Kane County probation and the children’s division. She succeeds George H. Black, who resigned earlier this year. Rayburn, Northwestern graduate, has been active in PTA work, Elgin education, and state probation affairs, and was endorsed by the county relief committee.
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Pearl Hood Rayburn
Elgin
Olney C. Allen
Kane County
Children’s
George H. Black
James Street
Geneva
Northwestern University
Elgin P.T. A. Council
Elgin Board of Education
Elgin Business and Professional Women’s Club
State Probation Officers’ Association
Kane County Board of Supervisors
Michael Weiler
Aurora
Allen
Rayburn
Isabel H. Doxey
Adeline Peaks
Jean Mored
Maud N Peffers Seeks Re-election to Illinois House
State Representative Maud N Peffers announces candidacy for re election in the April 11 primaries. She completes her third term with a perfect attendance record and chairs the Enrolling Transcribing and Typing Bills committee while serving on Agriculture Banks Building and Loan Education Industrial Affairs Liquor Regulation and Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations. Peffers says she runs her own campaign to serve Kane and Kendall counties and aims to strengthen the 14th Senatorial District. She resides at 319 South Lincoln Avenue Aurora with daughter Helen and sons John W and George W in military service.
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Maud N. Peffers
Peffers
South
Lincoln Avenue
Aurora
Helen
Highland Park High School
Capt
John W
Pfc
George W
Reverend L J Tuck to Speak at Willing Workers Meeting
Reverend L J Tuck, a World War I and II veteran, will address the Willing Workers gathering next Thursday evening with a patriotic talk. A young girls quartet will sing and Janice Lundberg will play a piano solo as Circle No 1 leads the program.
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L. J. Tuck
Darlene Anderson
Gladys Anderson
Patty Kundert
Helen Soderholm
Janice Lundberg
Agnes Johnson
Violet Johnson
Edythe Millett
Clara Carlson
Clara Johnson
Virginia Benson
Agnes Larson
Katherine Johnson
Freda Wagner
The
Willing Workers
City Fire Dept Reports 54 Alarms in 1943
Fire Chief William C Thrun reports the city fire department answered 54 alarms in 1943 with 16 general and 38 still alarms. Buildings involved valued at 452 000 with 341 425 insured and losses totaling 10 622.00. Outside city limits 7 alarms caused 7600.00 losses on buildings and contents.
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William C. Thrun
Milroys
Moose Lodge to honor Supreme Secretary Giles at 50th birthday drive
Batavia Moose Lodge 682 joins nationwide Moose campaign to honor Supreme Secretary Malcolm R. Giles on his 50th birthday. Initiations planned in the Metropolitan area from February through April with a large class at the Sherman hotel in Chicago. A top degree team will confer the work as 50 new members are quotaed for Batavia.
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Batavia
Supreme Lodge
Richard Robertson
George Glasser
Mezzo-Soprano Rosa Page Welch Set to Sing at Brethren Church
Rosa Page Welch, noted colored mezzo soprano, will perform a one hour sacred program with a race relations address at the Church of the Brethren on Sunday at 1 p.m. in observance of Brotherhood Month. A fellowship lunch follows with sandwiches and cookies.
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Rosa Page Welch
Church of the Brethren
Welch
Red Cross Nutrition Class Organized in Batavia
Batavia Red Cross launches a nutrition class in Batavia beginning the second week of February in the Home Economics building. Miss Helen Brauns will lead. meetings time to be set by members. registration via phone 3089 after 5 pm.
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American Red Cross
Batavia
Helen Brauns
Girl Scouts Hold Dinner Meeting In Legion Club Rooms
The annual Girl Scout dinner at the Legion club rooms drew 65 council members troop leaders and committee members. New officers were elected Geraldine Christenson treasurer Freda Carlson secretary Constance Soderholm.
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Girl Scouts
Legion Club
Legion Club Rooms
Jean Conde
Florence Liedberg
Harry Schimelpfenig
Theresa Feldott
Bertha Schumann
Juliette Low
Mabel Brown
Mae Clark
Marie Wallis
Geraldine Christenson
Freda Carlson
Constance Soderholm
Conde
J. B. Nelson
John Worrell
J. E. Swanberg
Frank P. Smith
Stanley Johnson
Aurora
Kane County Sportsmen elect 1944 officers
The Kane County Sportsmen's Club board installed 1944 officers at the January meeting. R. K. Kennedy of Aurora was elected president, succeeding the late W. F. Hagel of Elgin. Robert Mundhenk of Dundee was named vice president, and Harold D. Baker of St. Charles was re elected secretary treasurer for a fifth year. The legislative committee, including Baker, was active during the 68th General Assembly.
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Kane County Sportsmen’s Club
R. K. Kennedy
Spruce St
Aurora
W. F. Hagel
Elgin
Kennedy
Robert Mundhenk
Dundee
Harold D. Baker
South 8Th Avenue
St. Charles
Illinois Federation of Sportsmen’ S Clubs
General Assembly
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Heavies
Lights
Ron Taubert
Pearl Rayburn
Eaipo
City Fire Dept
Giles OF
Moose
Mr. Glasser
Brethren Church
Sportsmen’s Club OF
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